Wednesday Apr 04, 2012
In the ongoing discussion about when criticism of Israel can be labeled as anti-Semitism, Nathan Sharansky made a seminal pedagogical contribution with his three “D’s.” He said that it’s anti-Semitism when Israel is demonized, when Israel is delegitimized, and when a double-standard is used to assess Israeli behavior.
Clearly, all three of these factors are part of the excessive and unfair criticism of...
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Tuesday Mar 20, 2012
Peter Beinart has a point. Up to a point.
In a recent article, “The Other One-Staters,” Beinart, a critic of Israeli policies and of organized Jewish support for Israel, points out an apparent contradiction in the positions of those who oppose the one-state solution idea for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In particular, what sparked Beinart’s observation was the juxtaposition of a recent conference at...
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Tuesday Feb 28, 2012
On many levels, US-Israeli coordination on the issue of Iran’s nuclear program is better than ever. President Barack Obama and the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both say that Iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. Both agree it is a threat to the whole world, and not only to Israel. Both support strong sanctions against the regime, sanctions which have been increasingly implemented by the UN, the US and...
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Friday Feb 17, 2012
For months, the people of Greece have vigorously protested decisions by their government. Now they should add their voices in protest against the judiciary, because justice itself is being perverted in Athens.
The courts of Greece are turning a perpetrator of anti-Semitism into the victim, and the victims into perpetrators.
Moisis Konstantinis, the former president of the Greek Jewish community, four other prominent Greek Jews...
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Wednesday Feb 08, 2012
For a number of decades, I have been deeply engaged in promoting close relationships between the United States and Turkey and between Israel and Turkey.
I am deeply pained, however, that even as Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu travels to the United States this week for talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to say it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to sustain that commitment.
Like the U.S., both Turkey and Israel...
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